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Sunday, October 14, 2012

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Homemade Christmas 2012

About mid
summer I start asking the kids what they're planning on making for their
extended family for Christmas. Because handmade takes planning and time we need
to start early. To help us out I wanted to create a list of handmade gifts that
we can begin working on early so that December doesn't get here and we have to
rush to get the gifts made.

As I was making my list, I thought others
might enjoy using it. And then I thought maybe there's some really cool gifts
that I don't even know exist and they wouldn't be on my list. ( I started to
panic) Then I started thinking about the people who are kind of hard to make
handmade gifts for, you know, like men. And the people, like children, who want
to give handmades but have limited ability. Yes, this is how I think...complete
spider webbing and overwhelming.

So after all that thinking, I decided
it would be nice to do a link up of handmade items that would be good for gift
giving. So for the next several Thursdays I'll have a link up for handmade
items that would be good for gift giving.

{the
rules}Each week will have a different category. I'm going to list
the categories now so that you can begin thinking about what posts you already
have that would fit those categories. Also, if you're making something in one
of these categories you can know when that link up will be. Now, I'm not going
to be checking to see if every post is in that category. Because, honestly,
some handmades don't fit into nice, neat categories. (Also, I don't really have
time for that.) But just know that the category will be listed in the post
title so if it's the men's category week and you post a tutu tutorial it
probably won't get very many hits.

Next week I'll have a button that you
can use to link back to my site or post on your blog or facebook page. You'll
need a link back to actually post. So you can use the button or just the url of
my blog post or just www.schneiderpeeps.com

The
linky for each post will be open for at least through Thanksgiving. So go ahead
and check back on the previous categories each week because someone might have
posted just what you've been looking for.

I'm sure it goes without
saying, but I'm going to say it anyway, all the link ups have to be of
handmade stuff. Not necessarily made by you and they don't have to be
tutorials but please don't post something like "a tin filled with bakery bought
cookies." Yes, I know someone handmade them but that's really not what this
list is about. {the categories and dates}October 4th -
grandparents, aunts & uncles (gifts for children to make)October 11th -
children (to receive)October 18th - women specificOctober 25th - men
specific (I can't wait to see all of these)November 1st -
ediblesNovember 8th - home and gardenNovember 15th - re purposed or
recycled

Now remember, this
will only be totally awesome if you participate and encourage your friends to
participate. So feel free to pin this, or post it on facebook or on your blog,
or tweet about it...

Monday, October 1, 2012

It's ALL Good in Mommyhood has the cutest idea for travel crayons. Ziplock bags and the boxes crayons come in tear so easily. She used an old Rainbow Sprinkles container for the crayons to use at restaurants, waiting rooms, the car, etc.

Super Cute...I'm saving the next 2 containers I have so the girls can each have their own.